Chronicle of landholders summons to Parliament in Henry I era
Fragment from a historical note discusses medieval Parliamentary summonings. It traces the origin of parliamentary representation, detailing landholders, the Leges Henrici primi, and the division between Lords and Commons in early English governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
America
Henry I
Henry
Leges Henrici Primi
Interlini -Episcopi
Wicedamini
Vicatli
Centqnarii
Prefecti
Praponti
Bagonii
Vaudiores
Lena
bescerFort
Arigudl
Orher
Bos
Pattia
Comini
The Captains of the Navy Petition for Higher Pay
A speaker implores Lord Sandwich to grant higher naval pay in the House of Commons. He laments sailors’ poverty on four shillings a day, detailing needs for lodging, clothing, tobacco, and a barber, arguing the hardship harms dignity and humanity. He recalls naval dockyard hardships and questions political indifference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Sandwich
House of Commons
Navy
Fragmentary OCR Note Delivers Jumbled Dietary Fragments
Disjointed text fragments describe meals and diets with garbled phrasing. Names and clear events are absent, leaving a chaotic, unreadable snippet that lacks coherent context or identifiable individuals.
Unsettled Dispatches from Cadiz to Parliament News
A Cadiz letter reports Emperor of Morocco planning a town at Fedala and exports to Mogador. Jamaica dispatches hint at a secret revolution rumor in Paris. India House plans to shield Company finances, while St James’s Eve levies pause. Royal court visits and a new music band for the Royal artillery are noted along with tax and malt trade discussions. A London malt commission dispute and theatre incident at Covent Garden close the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Ndon
Eixirech
Cadiz
Morocco
Fedala
Mogador
Jamaica
Madam Baire
Paris
St. James’s
Robinson
Thomas Craven
John. Elwes
Serye
John
Ar- Rig
Mr. Elwes
Abingdon
Eproper
Baek
Iplivich
tLondon
Riot and robbery detail from a crowded London scene
Reports describe a disturbance at a theatre with fighting and removal of offenders, a Lady Pomfret era notice inviting guests for Christmas, arrests of servants for a house robbery at Lord Pomfret’s, prostitution sweeps by city marshals, a brutal assault on a wife, and a burglary at Mr Basker’s with shop goods and banknotes seized. Prices at the Corn Exchange are listed for Wheat, Barley, Rye, Oats, Malt, Pease, Flax, and related goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gyden
Ion
Scavab Wivie Club
Donjon
Pomf Ét
Ivas
Rotherhithe
Pomfret
Reading
Basker
Samson
Pigity Revels at Drury Lane Pantomime Opens Sat
The Drury Lane pantomime Pigity Revels debuts with praised machinery and vivid scenes. It satirizes fops called Maccarenies and features well imagined pigmy dresses. Dibden composed the music and Harlequin Sorcerer, revived by Covent Garden managers, draws broad audience approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drury Lane Theatre
St. George’s Church
Hanojver Square
Ludgate-street
Offi
Haul’s Cathedral
Covent Garden
Rome
Fops
Maccarenies
Orher Theatre
Ecclesiastical Appointments and Notable Marriages Recap
The Rev William Cecil Grave of Catherine Hall Cambridge is presented to Bishop Hatfield living in Hertfordshire by the Earl of Salisbury for 127 per annum The Rev John Wheeldon of St Johns College Cambridge is installed as Prebend The pair of marriages includes Sir Willoughby Afton to Lady Jane Henley at St Georges Hanover Square and other matches across England Bengal and Norfolk with multiple church notices and prize lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cecil Grave
Catherine-hall
Cambridge
St. George's
Hanover-square
John Glover
Eigs
Breton
Yarwouth
Edward Mufendton
Eig
Adkin
Adkin, Redtor
Raynham
Norfolk
St. George’s Church
George Shepherd
Etq
Welbeck-street
Maria Goddards
Mortimer-street
Salter
Delivery of a lord's heir at Arlington Street
Lord Wisconte of Weymouth welcomed a son at his Arlington Street residence. DEATHS: George Woodfall printer and bookseller. Henry Hatell Esquire Bencher of Middle Temple. Dr Richard Coombers Fellow of Clare Hall Cambridge. William Freeman Esquire. Mr Cock master of the White Lion. Arthur Dalton died pursuing his spaniel near Edgeware while traveling to Edgeware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craigg’s Court
Charing-crafs
George Woodfall
Henry Hatlell
Society of the Middle Temple
Richard Coombers
Clarethall
Cambridge
Wimpole-street
Cavene Idish-Square
William Freeman
Mr. Cock
White Lion
Eighgate
Arthur Dalton
Edgeware
Ind
Embargo Hits Provisions Exports Across Channel
Southampton reports an embargo prohibiting exportation of provisions including flour to Jersey and Guernsey, making the article dearer there as much Adour has lately been sent from those places. Salisbury notes a college gift for clerics widows. Reading mentions royal visit en route to Bath with notable European figures. East Dereham shopkeepers petition county reps to pass a bill ending hawking and pedling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
Jersey
Guersney
Salisbury
Bec
Earl of Harbrorough
Oun Caethedral Church
Bishop Ward
Reading
Dre
King’s Arms
Reading-hill
Bath
Repnin
Czartorinski
Poland
Duke of Lanfun
Deefuilon
Norwich
Dereham
Kings Parent Shining Liquid Blacking Cake Recipe
An early advertisement promotes by the King's Parent a cake that, when mixed with water, creates a superior shining liquid blacking for shoes and boots. It claims the product leaves soft, flexible leather, resists cracking, and prevents smearing on fingers. Sold wholesale and retail by Barley and others at Cockspur Street and surrounding shops at sixpence per cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cockspur Streee
Waymarket
sAppoionment
al Rothwell
Civet Cat
New’ Bord Stee
Grosvenor
Angel and Crown
Holbro
F. Newbery
St. Paul's Church Yard
J. Price
India House
Leadenhal Stree
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